ABSTRACT

From TQM to Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard, there appears to be no end to the 'revolutionary' approaches proposed to improve business performance. However, on closer inspection, most new performance improvement approaches offer few differences from their predecessors.This thought-provoking book provides a critical perspective on the managemen

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

SECTION 1 The management role in performance improvement

chapter 2|20 pages

Leadership

chapter 4|22 pages

Performance measurement

part |2 pages

SECTION 2 Improvement as damage

part |2 pages

SECTION 3 Repair

chapter 8|16 pages

Repair at an individual level

chapter 10|8 pages

Conclusions